A deer poking his nose inquisitively into a car window, a woman walking her dog and rugby players braving to cold of a winter's morning.

They are all images taken from any day in Richmond Park, one of London's favourite parks.

But these amazing photographs hail from a bygone time - before the advent of the camera phone which would make Fenton such a sensation.

This collection date from the first half of the 20th century, showing park life hasn't changed much in the last century.

Richmond is the largest of London's park, stretching across 2,500 acres and boasting views stretching out across the capital, all the way to St Paul's.

It has also been a popular destination for Londoners, and royalty, for hundreds of years, as these stunning images prove.

The pictures show how the park has welcomed more than a few famous faces over the decades - from Winston Churchill, to Audrey Hepburn

Staple: Richmond Park, in south-west London, is known for the deer which roam across its expanse of green space

Warning: A Royal Parks notice in 1936 warns visitors it is dangerous to get too close to the deer, and to keep their dogs close - something Fenton's owner would learn to his peril in 2011, when a video of his pet chasing the deer went viral

Historic: The park was first created as we know it today in 1625, when Charles I established it as a park where he could hunt deer. Pictured: A man pushing a pram pauses to watch the Old Berkeley Stage coach leaving Richmond Park on its first run in May 1928

High society: Charles I is far from the only royal to take a shine to the park. Here is the Queen's father George VI, then the Duke of York, enjoying a round of golf in 1925 on the newly opened course

Famous faces: But it is not only kings who have taken a shine to the park. Actress Audrey Hepburn is pictured here exercising her dog in Richmond Park after a strenuous season in the London revue 'Sauce Piquante' in May 1950

Prime ministers: Winston Churchill feeds the deer in the park in March 1963. He had visited the park at least one time before - when it was being used as a base for anti-aircraft guns during the Second World War

Armed forces: Richmond Park has had a long attachment with the military, which first began using it to train in about 1870. In 1916, a hospital for wounded South African soldiers was set up, and these soldiers used it to practise manoeuvres in 1929

Sporting chance: A horse-drawn carriage takes part in a race through in June 1948, a month before the Olympics arrived in the park

Sporting legacy: The park was also used as the site of the Olympic village in 1948, when London hosted the games

Staple: The park would play a role in the 2012 Olympics as well, when the men's and women's bike races went through it. Pictured: The Olympic flag flying outside the Olympic Centre, shortly after its official opening in June 1948

Team games: Other sports are also played at the park - including rugby, for which there are still three pitches. Here two fans get into a tussle during a match between the hospital teams from Guys and Barts at Richmond, in March 1923

Pond life: Richmond Park also boasts 30 ponds. These women are seen skating and sledging on Pern Ponds in 1912

Variety: Some of the ponds are natural and some are man-made, created for fishing, for the deer or to drain boggy area. A man and woman on skates helping two small children to walk on the ice in the early 1960s

Star: Richmond Park is not only popular with actresses like Hepburn, pictured, but has also been used as a set for films. The first film was shot five years after this picture, called The Titfield Thunderbolt, using the park for a train crash

Celebrity attraction: The surrounding area still has more than a few stars - from David Attenborough to Brian Blessed, who revealed he delivered a baby while in the park when filming Z Cars in 1963

Recuperation: In 1916, a the height of the First World War, a hospital for wounded South African soldiers was set up in the grounds, boasting 600 beds, workshops and even a concert hall

Livestock: Scots shepherd Alexander Wallace, who tends the sheep in Richmond Park, watches with his two dogs as John Coutts shears one of the park's animals in June 1955. Sheep remained a feature of the park until 1980